many of those jobs would not be open to those people if they came back at 12:00 today because the technology has changed and you can't go back and take a job that requires some technical training. so we've got to retool the american work force. not just african-americans and latinos, everyone. we're talking about -- i'm talking about those two groups because the most severely impacted -- of what's happening. we have to retrain people. you know, i would not like to believe that in an attempt to get at the president there is resistance to putting the program in place. >> talking with congressman emanuel cleaver the outgoing chair of the congressional black caucus. he represents districts in parts of kansas city missouri. one of the other -- the immediate issue the bush tax cuts set to expire. we heard nancy pelosi, democratic leader say she hopes president obama stands firm. that his campaign pledge was that anybody making more than $250,000 should have their tax rates go up to the bush era tax levels. but it sounds like there is room for negotiation. do you believe that democrats should give